Perth – Adelaide – Melbourne

On June 26, 1950 at 10:12 PM, Perth – Adelaide – Melbourne experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-4, operated by Australian National Airways - ANA, with the event recorded near York Western Australia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

29 people were known to be on board, 29 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 24, passenger fatalities: 24, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The four engine aircraft christened 'Amana' left Perth Airport runway 29 at 2150LT on a regular schedule service to Melbourne via Adelaide. Shortly after takeoff, the crew encountered technical problems with the engine number four that must be shut down. Later, few other problems occurred on the three remaining engines, and in such situation, the captain decided to return to Perth for a safe landing. During the last turn completed by night and at low height, the aircraft hit trees and crashed in a wooded area located 19 km northwest of York. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. A passenger was seriously injured while 28 other occupants were killed. Six days later, the only survivor died from his terrible injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration VH-ANA, MSN 42910, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -31.8884°, 116.7686°.